Motor-vehicle.



PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905.

J. F. DURYBA.

MOTOR VEHIGLE.

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J. P. DURYEA. I

MOTOR VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1900.

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Patented June 13, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE- J AMES FRANK DURYEA, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

MOTOR-VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,573, dated June 13, 1905.

Application filed March 27, 1900. Serial No. 10,311.

To (all 1071,0121, it may concern:

Beit known that I, J Aims FRANK DURYEA, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Springfield, county of Hampden, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Motor-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the improvement of various details in the construction of carriages and other vehicles the power for which is self-contained.

The improvements, as more particularly hereinafter claimed, relate to the gas-enginestarting apparatus, located above the vehicle, so that it can be operated by a person seated in the vehicle.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a top View, partly broken away, of a motor-vehicle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side View, partly broken away, on the line m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section through the bracket for the upper end of the steering-shaft and for the starting mechanism. Fig. 4c is a section through the engine-shaft on the line r0 0; of Fig. 8, showing the ratchet connection for the chain-wheel of the starting mechanism on the engine-shaft.

The power mechanism for the motor-vehicle or automobile is inclosed in the vehiclebod y 1. The vehicle-bodyis supported at the rear through springs 2 on the rear axle 3, which is the driving-axle. The rear runningwhecls 4L are secured at the ends of this axle. At its forward end the vehicle-body issupported through a spring 5, which rests on a forward axle 6, which is jointed near its ends through vertical hinge-joints. The jointed ends 8 carry the forward running-wheels 9. The vehicle is steered by swinging the jointed ends of the axle in a horizontal plane about. the hinge-joints. The steering mechanism consists of a steering-handle 10, mounted on the upper end of a vertical steering-shaft 11, which is supported on a tubular bracket 12 and projects up through the vehicle-body, so R as to bring the handle within easy reach of a person seated in the vehicle. On the lower end of the steering-shaft is a spur-pinion 13, which is in engagement with a spur-gear 14. This spur-gear is connected with the jointed ends of the forward axle in any suitable manner.

The motor for running the vehicle is a gasengine 21. Since gas-engines are not selfstarting, a starting mechanism is provided for the hand rotation of the engine-shaft 22. The gas-engine is of course located in or beneath the vehicle-body; but the starting mechanism should be located above the vehicle-body, where it can be conveniently reached from the seat of the vehicle, and suitable connection between it and the engine-shaft must be provided. This starting mechanism isacrank 23, connected with a chain-wheel 24, mounted in the steering-head bracket above the vehiclebody, which bracket thus supports both the steering-shaft and the starting mechanism. A chain 25 runs over this wheel and over a chain-Wheel 26 on the engine-shaft and through the tubular bracket, by which it is protected. This engine-shaft is connected to chain-wheel 26 through pawls 27, which are pivoted to a collar 28. The pawls engage with ratchet-teeth inside the rim of the chain- Wheel 26. The bracket incases the chain.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a motor-vehicle the combination of a gas-engine and a shaft therefor, a starting mechanism consisting of a chain-Wheel and means for rotating it, a chain-wheel on the engine-shaft, a chain connecting the wheels, and a bracket for supporting the first-named chain-wheel and incasing the chain, substantially as described.

2. In a motor-vehicle, the combination of a gas-engine and shaft therefor, a steering-shaft and means connected therewith for steering Signed by me in New York city, borough of Manhattan, this 26th day of March, 1900.

J FRANK DURYEA.

Witnesses:

THOMAS EWING, J r., SAMUEL \V. BALCH. 

